January 2023 – Robin's Room

Week beginning 25 January 2023

Michelle McSweeney OK Bloomsbury Academic, January 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Object Lessons is a fun series – and more. Items, and in this case a word, gain a different dimension under the writers who lead us into the history, the political ramifications, and social dimensions ofContinue reading “Week beginning 25 January 2023”

Week beginning 18 January 2023

This week I review Fearless Women by Elizabeth Cobbs. Elizabeth Cobbs Fearless Women Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, March 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Cobbs expands the way in which feminism is used to investigate women who call themselvesContinue reading “Week beginning 18 January 2023”

Week beginning January 11 2023

Louise Candlish The Only Suspect Simon & Schuster (Australia), Simon & Schuster UK 08 Mar 2023 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Only Suspect is another success for Louise Candlish. Once again she has devised a novel that has all the intrigue, twists and turns to keep a reader engrossed.Continue reading “Week beginning January 11 2023”

Week beginning 4 January 2023

This week I review K.L. Slater’s The Narrator after a week’s break from the blog. I begin the new year with some photos of the lovely beach that was an important part of my holiday away from the computer, fun with an onerous 2000-piece jigsaw, a delightful visitor and some scenery from the many walksContinue reading “Week beginning 4 January 2023”